While the Rolling Stones debate whether they will head out on tour one more time, one singer is preparing to hit the road at 90.
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Firefighters’ role extends far beyond extinguishing flames and rescuing cats from trees. In addition to fire prevention, firefighters provide medical assistance, educate communities about fire safety, and assist with search and rescue missions. Sometimes, their work leads them to some pretty crappy situations, too, such as when a crew of firefighters in Kansas City had […]
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We often refers to certain pieces of music, usually popular songs or albums associated with memorable experiences (whether happy or sad) or significant swathes of time, as the soundtrack of our lives. Every now and then, a song comes on the radio and in that moment we’re transported
Amelia Baker delivers her austere songs with the sober bearing of someone imparting fateful news. For a decade the California native, who records as Cinder Well, has excelled at an unadorned brand of folk that rewards full attention, performing spare tunes in a gently commanding voice. Teasing deeper meanings from
The mixing of country with dark inspirations either from its past, or from influences from the world of punk and metal and beyond have resulted in some of the most creative, inventive, and spellbinding moments in the history of the country canon.
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MOVING ON “That big eight-wheeler, rollin’ down the track / Means your true-lovin’ daddy ain’t comin’ back / Cause I’m movin’ on, I’ll soon be gone / You were flyin’ too high, for my little old sky / So I’m movin’ on.” – written & performed by Hank Snow I woke up at 5am, rolled […]
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Gary Stewart – One Track Mind These are archival recordings of the late Kentucky son Gary Stewart (1944-2003), mostly pre-RCA & basically demos, & home studio work tapes. They’re unpolished, narrative-oriented songs with blemishes intact. It’ll appeal to the Gary Stewart fan base & completists & be a curiosity to listeners who appreciate the legendary […]
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Andrew Sa American Rough Over the past few years, country and folk music have introduced listeners to artists moving beyond some of the genre’s long-standing stereotypes. Boy Golden has explored identity, Joshua Ray Walker has turned personal hardship into powerful songwriting, and now Andrew Sa, whose debut solo album American Rough was released on June […]
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The Binoculars – Double Whammy Strange. It starts with the classic Anton Karas melody “Third Man Theme” – from the motion picture “The Third Man” & a hit for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the ’60s & revised nicely as an interlude during The Band’s “Last Waltz” concert. But here, a bright fiddle, […]
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